EVERTON’S Mike Trebilcock was the first black player to score in an FA Cup final.

EVERTON’S Mike Trebilcock was the first black player to score in an FA Cup final. Trebilcock scored a brace of goals in the Blues’ memorable 3-2 win over Sheffield Wednesday in 1966.

l NEVILLE SOUTHALL is the only player to win two FA Cups playing for Everton. The Welshman kept goal for both the 1984 and 1995 triumphs.

l BLUES midfielder Stuart McCall was the first substitute to score two goals in an FA Cup final. McCall achieved the feat in 1989, but Liverpool’s Ian Rush levelled it with two goals of his own in the same game to give the Reds the 3-2 win.

l EVERTON’S first-ever FA Cup appearance was due to be in 1886 against Glasgow Glasgow Rangers, but before the match, the Blues realised they would be fielding ineligible players, and so played it as a friendly.

l JOE ROYLE is the only Everton manager to steer them to a trophy in a first season in charge.

l EVERTON’S first actual FA Cup game was in 1887 against Bolton Wanderers, which the Trotters won 1-0.

But the game was to be replayed for Bolton fielding an ineligible player. The match was drawn and replayed three times before Everton triumphed. The tie was eventually given to Bolton however, as Everton fielded ineligible players!

l EVERTON’S first-ever FA Cup goalscorer was George Farmer. He scored in the first replay against Bolton in 1887, and was also one of Everton’s first professional players, signing from Oswestry.

l EVERTON’S first FA Cup final came in 1893. Everton played against Wolves at Fallowfield and lost 1-0, despite beating them 4-2 in their previous league game.

l THE first Everton player to score in an FA Cup final was Jack Bell in 1897 against Aston Villa. Although Bell equalised to make it 1-1 in the 23rd minute, Everton would go on to lose 3-2.

l THE first FA Cup Merseyside derby came in 1902 in the first round at Anfield. The match finished a 2-2 draw and Liverpool would go on to win the replay.l THE first penalty Everton scored in the FA Cup was from Harry Makepeace in the 1st Round against Liverpool in 1905 at Anfield. The goal would be the equaliser and Everton would go on to win the replay at Goodison.

l EVERTON beat Derby County 11-2 in 1890, a match which saw Everton players grab three hat-tricks, one each for Alec Brady, Fred Geary and Alf Milward.

l EVERTON have played in 12 FA Cup finals, winning 5. They have lost more FA Cup finals than any other team with 7.

l IN the Post-war era, Everton have scored 5 goals in a single FA Cup match five times - against Swindon (1963), Colchester (1971), Wrexham (1980), Sheffield Wednesday (1988) and Norwich (1995).

l NEVILLE SOUTHALL holds the club record for appearances, 70 of which were FA Cup games.

l TONY HIBBERT has more FA Cup appearances than any other Everton player under David Moyes with 14 games since Moyesy’s arrival in 2002.

l DUNCAN FERGUSON only scored 2 goals in the FA Cup under David Moyes - both of which were penalties in the same game (vs. Norwich in 2004).

l ON their way to the final in 1995, Everton had scored 12 goals, en route to the final this term, including the penalties against Manchester Utd, Everton have again netted 12 times.

l ON the way to lifting the cup in 1995, Everton did not lose to Chelsea in any competition all season, the Toffees have again not lost to the London outfit at any point this term.

l DAVE HICKSON scored the winner in the 1953 fifth round against Manchester Utd, despite his face pouring with blood at the time.

l ‘DIXIE’ Dean’s 1933 FA Cup winning team was the first Everton side to win a game at Wembley’s Twin Towers.